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		<title>This One Has My Vote…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeadGrump</dc:creator>
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		<description>I&amp;#8217;m not a big football freak.  Sue me.  But I did enjoy the Super Bowl commercials this year.  The E-Trade baby was priceless.  Stevie Wonder in the VW commercial was hilarious.  I wanna wear me a Sock Monkey costume to work. Even the Denny chicken commercials were thought provoking (as in, &amp;#8220;Damn, I wanna go [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>“I Have Eight Bosses, Bob”…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeadGrump</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grumpytechs.com/?p=355</guid>
		<description>Most of us know the drill when it comes to the number of bosses in a &amp;#8220;big business&amp;#8221; arena (even for those of us working for organizations that try to *act* like they&amp;#8217;re &amp;#8220;big business&amp;#8221;).  They treat us like something out of Office Space, with multiple bosses and &amp;#8220;pee-on&amp;#8217;s&amp;#8221; to answer to.  When you work [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>“But Your 91 Y.O. Mother is a HOTTTIIIEEEE!!!”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, what I&amp;#8217;m gonna mention is a true email from an end-user:

&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s Miss Problem again.  In addition to the little XXX thing, I have another issue and I am not sure how it happened or what to do about it.
I have been getting &amp;#8220;Tagged&amp;#8221; on Facebook for the last few days, and I know none [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>“Shitass Tone” Fo Realz…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeadGrump</dc:creator>
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		<description>It&amp;#8217;s almost Christmas.  Granted many people celebrate Christmas while a many more don&amp;#8217;t.  That&amp;#8217;s not the point of this email (although the majority of my coworkers are going while I&amp;#8217;m still working on server and network updates during the downtime because *someone* has to do it, right?)
I&amp;#8217;m sitting here happy as a clam, [...]&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>“The network is down?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeadGrump</dc:creator>
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		<description>Okay, seriously, Endusers, I *do* know if the network goes down simply because I would be unable to access World of Warcraft in the middle of the day.  That being said, please don&amp;#8217;t tell me that the network has been down ALL DAY &amp;#8216;cuz, seriously, it hasn&amp;#8217;t been.
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